Jewel-display stand.



G. G. RUBGKERT.

JEWEL DISPLAY STAND. APPLIOATIOH'IILED JULY 1,1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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J EWEL-DISPLAY STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

Application filed July 1, 1909. Serial No. 505,316.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. RUEOKERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in J eWel-Display Stands, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention aims to provide means attachable to a show window or other display place for displaying articles of jewelry or the like, whereby the article is conveniently and advantageously displayed and can readily be removed with a portion of the display stand when it is desired to be placed in the safe. This greatly facilitates the work of the window displayer in removing and replacing articles, besides providing a neat and comparatively inexpensive stand.

In the drawings, in which I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a view thereof in front elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the stand attached to a window pane; and Fig. 3 shows the supporting and securing portion of the stand.

The stand is composed of two parts, a supporting and securing base portion 1 and a pad, rest or removable portion 2. The former comprises a block 3 of wood, paste board or other suitable material, which receives the lower end of a thin leaf or wide plate-like strip or tongue 4 of metal or other strong stiff and preferably bendable material, whose upper end 5 is bent obliquely rearwardly from the rest of the base to support the upper part 2 of the stand. The front surface of the base is gummed or coated with suitable cement 6 whereby when moistened it can be stuck directly against a pane 7 of glass such as the show window, a show case or the like. The pad comprises a central form or support 8 covered with velvet or other serviceable and ornamental covering 9 and preferably containing an intermediate cushion 10 of cotton or similar substance, and a back 11 of paste-board, cloth, leather or other relatively strong stifi material secured at its edges and left open at its lower portion to permit it to he slid down over the oblique projecting. end or tongue 5 of the base. A looking or retarding device is provided on one or the other or both of the parts 1, 2, for removably retaining them together, preferably a spring yielding device, that herein shown consisting of a depression or hole 12 in the stationary tongue part 5 and a pin or projection 13 in the movable portion 2, the tongue or adjacent parts springing sufliciently to permit the tongue and stud or projection 13 to snap into interlocked engagement with each other for frictionally retarding the removal of the portion 2 from the part 1. At its upper end the part 2 is provided with a hook portion 1a covered with velvet or other neat attractive covering, preferably corresponding to the main covering 9. A label plate 15 is preferably provided adjacent the lower edge of the pad.

In use, the surface 6 of the base portion is moistened and pressed hard against the window pane 7 until it adheres firmly thereto, and then the upper portion 2 is placed there on, being slid down over the tongue 5 which snaps into locked position over the pin 13, whereupon the article to be displayed, as, for instance, a watch as indicated by dotted lines at 16, is caught over the hook 14. Usually a large number of these display stands are arranged, according to the taste of the window displayer, on the pane. It will be obvious at a glance that not only is the means of securing or attaching the stand simple and advantageous, but the removal of all the arti' cles at night and the replacing thereof in the morning is greatly facilitated by my invention, as all that is necessary is to slide off from the base portion 1 the top portion 2 of each display stand together with the jewelry contained thereon, placing the part 2 and the jewelry carried thereby in the safe together. The position of the hook 14L will correspond to the requirements of any given case and to the position in which the display stand is placed. The hook 14 is provided, of course, for holding an article which needs to be suspended, as for instance a watch, whereas many articles, such as brooches, scarf pins, and the like, are simply pinned to the pad and the hook is not used, and in fact is not then provided. It is obvious likewise that my pad is capable of conforming to the various usual requirements for supporting special articles, such as rings, stones, etc. It will also be understood thatthe angle of the pad portion may be varied with relation to the base. When the strip i is flexible and secured in the preferred manner herein shown, this may very readily be done by bending the strip at the point where it joins the body 3 and the pad. I prefer to have said strip stationary in the body or base and movable with relation to the pad instead of vice versa, and I prefer to have the pad supported at its bottom edge as distin guished from being supported at its top edge, but it will be understood that I am not limited to the preferred construction shown, but intend to embrace all these constructions in certain of the broader claims hereinafter contained.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A jewel display stand, comprising a base adapted to be secured to a window pane or the like, a pad portion provided with means for supporting the article to be displayed, and a projecting tongue secured to one of said previously mentioned parts for removably engaging the other of said parts for maintaining said pad portion supported by said base.

2. A jewel display stand, comprising a base adapted to be secured to a window pane or the like, a separate pad removably connected to said base and provided with means for supporting the article to be displayed, and a flexible tongue member carried by one of said parts and adapted to enter a pocket formed therefor in the other of said parts for removably connecting the two parts.

3. A jewel display stand, comprising a base adapted to be secured to a window pane or the like, provided with aprojecting tongue, and a pad portion removably mounttion removably mounted on said tongue and provided with means for supporting the article to be displayed, said tongue and removable pad portion having cooperating frictional retaining means for normally locking them together.

(5. A jewel display stand, comprising a base having a flat ce1nentcoated front surface adapted to adhere to a pane of glass or other supporting surface, a retaining tongue extending from one end of said base, a jewelsupporting pad provided with a main supporting portion and cooperating retaining means having a space between them for re eeiving said tongue in supporting engagement thereto, and means for retarding the separation of the pad from its supporting relation to said base.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE O. RUECKERT.

Vitnesses ARNOLD 0. BROWN, MARY A. MoGovnRN. 

